I WILL BE EMAILING EVERYONE WHO MADE THE TEAM DETAILS FOR GEAR SIZING IN THE NEXT WEEK OR TWO!

IF YOU DID NOT MAKE A TEAM, PLEASE CONTINUE TO WORK ON YOUR GAME AND CONTINUE TO COME TO WORKOUT AT SKILLS TRAININGS. IF YOU ENJOY THE GAME THAN THIS WILL SPEED BUMP WILL NOT DETOUR YOU FROM WORKING HARD TO GET ANOTHER CHANCE DOWN THE ROAD.

Congratulation to the following players for making the 2017 Team Arizona Basketball Club Rosters. If you did not make the team, please keep your head up high and keep working hard. Also, please continue to attend the TAZ Skills Trainings as they are intended to help each player develop regardless of club or school affiliation.

Team Arizona Red competed in the TOP DIVISION (17 GOLD) in the Nike TOC.

Game 1: 7/10/15 at 1:50pm vs. Arkansas Wings 17u Elite. LOST

Game 2: 7/10/15 at 4:10pm vs. IL Defenders 17 Black. WON

Game 3: 7/11/15 at 8:00am vs. San Jose Cagers Blue. WON

Game 4: 7/11/15 at 10:20am vs. Wisconsin Impact 2016. WON

Game 5: 7/12/15 at 11:30am vs. Team Manitoba 17u. LOST

Another great showing by Team Arizona Red in this NIKE TOC tournament. The two losses where by 3 and 8 points respectively. There were record breaking 717 college coaches/scouts in attendance to this tournament. Congratulations on another great tournament girls!

Team Arizona is VERY proud of Lindsey VanAllen & Shaylee Gonzales! These girls are fortunate enough to have Tryouts for TEAM USA U16 with 150 of the best in the Nation at the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, CO. May 21-25, 2015

Some girls at Vanderbilt University!PreGame: Let's go!The girls got to pick out some custom socks for being in the Championship Gameof the Red Bracket where we will be playing TN Trotters. Here is the link to the tournament: http://www.eotbasketball.com/rivercitybrackets.htm

Boys 6th grade:The boys had to come back in the Championship game and beat a team that had beat them in pool play. It was an exciting game that ended with last shot win by the Team Arizona boys! Great job Ricky, Jordan, & Zaiah!

Girls 8th grade:The 8th grade Red Elite girls were on a mission to reclaim their 3 on 3 Championship trophy after a tuff loss last year in the Championship game. So, how did they respond? They blew thru the competition! With college letters and interest already starting to come in, watch out AZ these girls are for real!

The 7th grade girls finished in the top 15 at the AAU National Tournament.

vs. Illinois (Heart of Illinois) 58-29 WINvs. New York (NY Lightning) 52-47 WINvs. Tennessee (TN Team Pride) 55-76 LOSS this team is favored to win it all and is in the Championship game.vs. Texas (TX Big Dogs) 53-63 LOSS we were up by 10 at end of 3rd quarter.vs. Maryland (MD Tigers) 51-41 in O.T. WINvs. Ohio (Lady Legends) 57-45 WIN vs. Ohio (Bridgett Williams All Stars) 47-50 LOSS the #2 ranked team in Ohio.

Team Arizona Red Elite 7th grade girls participated in the Division 1 AAU National Tournament against the Nations best 7th grade girls teams and finished in the top 15. We are very proud of the girls and for this once in a lifetime opportunity and the ability to win TOGETHER and lose TOGETHER as 7th graders!

"If you want to go FAST, go ALONE, if you want to go FAR, go TOGETHER""Our destiny is a matter of CHOICE, not a matter of CHANCE"

THE GAME :) we won 101-33.TEAM ARIZONA RED ELITE 7th graders went 4 wins and 1 loss. The loss was by 1 point with 8 seconds left to Mayfield HS that had 2 Seniors, 5 Juniors. Way to go girls! Keep it up!

Shaylee Gonzales #1, has many things in life that she enjoys to do. She loves music, is a great student, a talented athlete, and an amazing big sister. She is the oldest of 5 children, she has 2 brothers and 2 sisters. She loves to hang out with them and takes such good care of them. They enjoy riding quads together, swimming, and playing games, especially hide and go seek. Shaylee plays the violin, the piano and is teaching herself how to play the guitar. She loves to swim, ride bikes, run, soccer, and basketball. She just finished her 7th grade basketball season at South Valley Jr. High where her team won the 7th grade CHAMPIONSHIP and she was voted MVP of her team. Shaylee is also a great student. She would tell you she doesn’t like school but always puts forth her best effort and because of this she made honor roll and is a Gilbert Golden Scholar. She also was just inducted into the National Junior Honor Society. In Shaylee’s spare time she likes to be crafty, make video’s on “Video Star” with her siblings, friends, and cousins, and watch anything on the TV. Shaylee does her best in all she does and we are very proud of her.

Preston Coates, #25, loves playing basketball! He has played since before kindergarten, and he shoots for at least an extra hour each day. Likewise, Preston is a very driven student. He earns straight A's at Power Ranch Elementary in Gilbert. He enjoys being the tallest 4th grader at his school, and is actually taller than many of the 5th and 6th graders! He is one tall drink of water! Preston has always loved math and science. He enjoys putting things together, and figuring out how things work. He is interested in being some kind of engineer when he is older. Also, Preston is a Webelos Cub Scout. Recently, he participated in the Pinewood Derby, and won the entire event with a car he named, "Team Arizona #25"! During the fall, Preston enjoys playing tight end and defensive end for his football club, The Special Forces. One special personality characteristic of Preston is that he is a good friend. He is easy going and kind to all, and has many friends. Preston is an outstanding athlete and student. He works so hard, and is not afraid to compete with/against kids much older than he is. We know that this fierceness will help him later on in life. Most of all, he is loving the competition of playing for Team Arizona this year!

Carter Crawford #20 is in 6th grade at Kyrene Middle School and has earned Principal’s Honor Roll, achieving straight A’s in the first 2 semesters. With a week to go in the 3rd semester, he is set to achieve Principal’s Honor Roll once again. Carter is really enjoying his 1st year with Team AZ and has made some new friends. He loves both basketball and baseball. In the spring he will balance schedules of Team AZ Basketball and Tempe South Little league. He wishes that those 2 sports seasons didn’t compete for his time, but he is committed to making it work. In 2010, he was named a member of the Tempe South All Star team. Last summer, he opted to forgo the 11U Tempe South All Star team in favor of attending a week-long basketball camp at University of Montana. He hopes to have another successful season in Little League and be named to the 12U All Star team. He is a lefty pitcher, first baseman and outfielder. He throws a mean slider! In his spare-time, he volunteers once a month at a non-profit family dining room, serving dinner to families in need.

On Saturday April 23rd, it was like the Olympics! Team Arizona vs. Team Mexico (from Hermosillo, Mexico).We honored them as our guests with Medals for each player and showed respect for the game and them like The Dream Team (Magic, Bird, Jordan) did in the Olympics. Way to go Team Arizona!!!